CVE-2010-4756

Published Mar 2, 2011

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description: The glob implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames, as demonstrated by glob expressions in STAT commands to an FTP daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-399

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "49454811-DF3F-4FF2-93D9-9A95D1D82863"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References